RESTORING THE WORLD ONE RELATIONSHIP AT A TIME 2018 ANNUAL REPORT
OUR VALUES RELATIONSHIP INSPIRATION INTEGRITY TRANSFORMATION OUR MISSION TO REACH THE DISCONNECTED AND GROW THE CONNECTED Faith Church is committed to reaching out to those disconnected from God and/or the Christian community. Our goal is to embrace them and connect them to a community of believers who can help them to grow and develop in their faith and Christian walk. OUR VISION A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN RESTORING & TRANSFORMING THE WORLD ONE RELATIONSHIP AT A TIME
Dear Faith Church Family, 365 - God willing, that s how many days Faith Church is given each year to live out our mission of restoring the world one relationship at a time. Across six campuses, Faith Church has the opportunity to make connections with so many different people, in and out of the church, experiencing their own walks of life - the mom of three (MomsNation), the caregiver of a cancer patient (Overcomers), the financially struggling parent (Faith Family Market, Christian Aid), the teen seeking identity (Faith Students), the gambler (Celebrate Recovery), the widower (Seniors Group), the school principal (Kids Hope), the five year old Kindergartener (Faith Kids), and the list goes on and on. Our Annual Report is created so you can see and be reminded of all of God s goodness to and through Faith Church. While reading each page, be reminded how the numbers illustrated can also represent souls in our church body. I m thoroughly humbled to serve as your senior pastor for the last 27 years. I love our Faith Church family - the talents, the gifts, the outreach, the generosity - that all comes pouring out of each one of you. Blessings, Pastor Bob Bouwer
WORSHIP 235 69 57 NEW MEMBERS PROFESSION OF FAITH REAFFIRMATION OF FAITH We averaged over 3,300 attendees in worship and 530 children participating in Faith Kids each week across all of our campuses. BAPTISMS 83 Child 17 Adult & Youth OTHER SERVICES 6,450 at Christmas Services (includes kids) 6,779 Easter Services
WEBSITE DATA 434,028 PAGEVIEWS VISITORS FROM 6 CONTINENTS 51.12% VIEWED FROM DESKTOP 41.24% VIEWED FROM MOBILE 7.64% VIEWED FROM TABLET *We saw an increase in our website being viewed on mobile devices in 2018. ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE ABOUT 160-180 UNIQUE VIEWERS PER WEEKEND VIEWING OUR LIVESTREAM
CONNECT At Faith, we believe we get more from life and do better in our spiritual walks when we connect with other believers. There s just so much more for us to enjoy and experience when we walk alongside and serve with others in God s mission. We have a number of ministries connecting and serving members and attendees. REFLECTORS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Weekends in Dyer & Cedar Lake 100 PARTICIPANTS Teen & Adult Socials 300+ PARTICIPANTS Friendship Ministry at Highland 30 PARTICIPANTS GROUPS Small Groups 98 GROUPS 1406 PARTICIPANTS Women s Groups 24 GROUPS Men s Groups 14 GROUPS FAITH KIDS & STUDENTS Faith Kids (Infant-5th Grade) 650 PARTICIPANTS Faith Students (6th-12th Grade) AVERAGE 207 PARTICIPANTS
SMALL GROUPS WOMEN S GROUPS MEN S GROUPS CARE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND SOMETIMES REST FOR INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES Marriage Ministry MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT 15 COUPLES EVENTS MOMSNATION DEDICATED TO ENCOURAGING, EQUIPPING AND EMPOWERING MOMS IN MOTHERHOOD 426 MOMS PARTICIPATE 152 VOLUNTEER LEADERS 542 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE 10 MOMSNATIONS GROUPS THAT MEET AT 4 CAMPUSES PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE CLASS 27 COUPLES Care Teams: 535 PEOPLE CARED FOR Faith Family Market 106+ FAMILIES SERVED Beecher Mobile Food Pantry 75-100 PEOPLE SERVED Support Group (Overcomers, Celebrate Recovery, Mental Health, Hurting Moms, Mending Hearts, Grief Support) 140+ ACTIVE MEMBERS Night to Shine 200 GUESTS half not from Faith Church Gobbler Classic 800 RUNNERS/ WALKERS raised approximately $12,000 for local food pantries. Ladies Night Out 1,040 IN ATTENDANCE GRIT Men s Event 200 IN ATTENDANCE SpringHill Day Camps 408 IN ATTENDANCE OVER 3 CAMPUSES The Way Discipleship Series 900+ PARTICIPANTS IN SMALL GROUPS CR launched in Cedar Lake Highland Expansion & Dedication United Night of Worship along with Bethel Church in Crown Point 2x Global Leadership Summit record attendance
SERVE GOD HAS CREATED EACH ONE OF US TO HAVE UNIQUE GIFTS AND TALENTS. WHEN WE USE THOSE GIFTS TO SERVE OTHERS, WE BECOME PARTICIPANTS IN GOD S PLAN TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD.
VOLUNTEERS 50 207 220 81 75 different Serve Teams representing over 1,100 volunteers Reflectors/ Friendship volunteers Faith Kids volunteers per weekend Faith Students leader volunteers Kids Hope mentors serving at 5 different schools
MISSIONS Faith Missions strives toward mobilizing people and resources to restore the world one relationship at a time. We do this primarily through partnering with like-minded, vibrant, evangelical churches and organizations in targeted communities around the world, or impact areas. Our engagement within these partnerships are focused toward leadership development, community development and reaching unreached people. IMPACT AREA HIGHLIGHTS BRAZIL WORKING WITH THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Through the REACH project, we completed work on building a vocational school in Intapecau in partnership with IPM (First Presbyterian Church) of Manaus, Brazil. This school currently hosts before/ after school tutoring. Kids in this area typically go to school for only a ½ day so this programming fills in the remaining part of the day We began partnership with RCA missionary Bob Olivera, as well as supported the work of IPM missionaries Lia and Thiago Dantas in their seminary education. Each of these individuals will work as liaisons between Faith/RCA and IPM in discovering our next steps of Faith Church s engagement in the Amazon state.
ADDITIONAL AREAS TO CELEBRATE In February we sent a team of 10 to serve alongside World Renew in Houston, TX primarily working on homes damaged in the hurricane the previous fall. Continued training 12 pastors through a cohort in Indonesia in partnership with Leadership Resources International. Pastor Bob and Pastor Andy were able to travel to Indonesia in February to meet these pastors and participate in LRI s work. WORKING WITH WORLD RWANDA VISION IN SIMBI, RWANDA In 2018 we celebrated 10 years of partnering with World Vision in Rwanda! This year we grew our sponsored kids number by 112 to a grand total of 485 Kids sponsored in Simbi, Rwanda Raised $108,958.46 and had 60 individuals run the half and full marathons with Team World Vision Sponsored 30 pastors in their final years of schooling at Onesimus Nesib Seminary (ONS) in Aira, Ethiopia. Because of additional interest and giving, we were able to support the printing of curriculum for the Theological Education by Extension (TEE). Continued work with Talking Bibles to place audio Bibles in fishing villages along the coast of South East India. This partnership has resulted in the establishment of 2 churches with over 100 believers worshipping regularly. Annual support given to 60+ organizations and individual missionaries
FINANCES BUDGET 2018 - GIVEN TO FAITH General Fund: $6,932,442.250 Debt reduction Dyer/Cedar Lake: $78,794.60 Christian Aid: $80,139.20 Faith Family Market: $55,663.78 Other: $226,216.71 TOTAL GIVEN: $7,414,509.66 2019 Budget $7,269,600 11.9% Missionaries & Partnerships 30.6% Ministries, Facilities & Support 57.5% Staff
2018 PROJECTS HIGHLAND Building Expansion Great Room Remodel New Projectors BRAZIL The building of a vocational school in conjunction with First Presbyterian Church of Manaus (IPM). Our Brazil missions team got to help with some of the final phases. DYER MUNSTER CEDAR LAKE New Signs Reflectors Orange Room Remodel & Bathroom Added Air Conditioning Parking Lot Expansion